Judges 6:25 (WEB)

Passage

That same night, Yahweh said to him, “Take your father’s bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it.

Nearby Context

Judges 6:23 Yahweh said to him, “Peace be to you! Don’t be afraid. You shall not die.”

Judges 6:24 Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it “Yahweh is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.

Judges 6:25 That same night, Yahweh said to him, “Take your father’s bull, even the second bull seven years old, and throw down the altar of Baal that your father has, and cut down the Asherah that is by it.

Judges 6:26 Then build an altar to Yahweh your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and take the second bull, and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the Asherah which you shall cut down.”

Judges 6:27 Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Yahweh had spoken to him. Because he feared his father’s household and the men of the city, he could not do it by day, but he did it by night.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "same", "night", "yahweh", "said", "take", "father", "bull", and "even". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "same" and "night", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "Then Gideon built an altar there to..." into verse 26's "Then build an altar to Yahweh your...", so "same" and "night" belong inside that flow. In Judges context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "same" and "night" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.